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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Canadian Lotto" <canadian_rlotto2@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:12:57 +0000
Subject: From Mrs Lilian Beynon.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
NEW INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

CANADIAN REAL LOTTERY PROMO AWARD,2005 NEW INTERNATIONAL INTERNET
EDITION.150-20451 SHELLBRIDGE WAY RICHMOND, BC V6X 2W8
CANADA,phone:1-778-858-0420,fax:1-866-681-1284.

Winning lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43,
Email ticket number 025-1146-1992-750,
Serial number 2113-22
Secret pin code: cl7pwrz05
Ref: crlp /25512560888/26,
Batch: 14/0017/IPD

AWARD NOTIFICATION - FINAL NOTICE:
We are pleased to inform you of the release of ,31st Oct 2005,of winners of
the,NEW INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY.

CANADIAN REAL LOTTERY PROMO AWARD/NEW E-MAIL INTER-NATIONAL PROGRAMS CANADA
held on 29th Oct, 2005.Your name and email address, attached to ticket
number 025-1146-1992-750,with serial number 2113-22 drew the lucky numbers
13-15-22-37-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 2ND category.

You are therefore been approve for the lump sum pay
out of 2,100,000.00 US Dollars (Two Million One Hundred Thousand US
Dollars.) in cash credit deposited in HSBC London,for winners of the second
category,to the file Ref: crlp/25512560888/26. This is from a total Price of
8,400,000.00 US Dollars shared among the Four (4) International winners in
this category.

The aim and objective of this promo award is to assist any lucky winners in
the world financially,all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe,North America, Middle East and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program which is conducted annually,From 160 million people.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your Price you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$1.3 billion international lottery.Remember, all Price money
must be claimed 2WEEKS after receipt of this final notice.

After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.To begin the
processing of your Price claim,you are to contact Our European agent with
the undermentioned valid documents to enable the Finance & security
department,verify to your claims and also process your payments eg:-

(1) a copy of your winning notification letter.
(2) your full name/and address.
(3) telephone / fax numbers / cell phone.
(4) a copy of any valid ID card, to ensure that you are
the real winner.

Note: Our European agent Mr. Carl Stone, will immediately commence the
process and zoning of your fund release from our payment officesas soon as
you contact him.In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please remember to quote your Secret pin code, Reference and
Batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your contact agent.

Mr. Carl Stone,
Office Address: Riverside Road Pottington Business Park, Barnstaple, EX12
1LS, United Kingdom.Email address: canadianrl_fa45uk@yahoo.co.uk or
canadianrl_fa43uk@myway.com,Tel: +44 703 184 1258,Fax number:+ 44 870 130
1398.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claim agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Best regards,
Mrs Lilian T.Beynon ,Promo co-ordinator,and Mr
James Webber,counsellor.Canadian Real Lottery Promo Award.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification.


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